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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Sheriff and Uncle Gavin want to sit out in front of the jail?
(a) Will Legate
(b) Aleck
(c) Charles
(d) Miss Habersham

2. What is the name of the man Lucas has been accused of killing?
(a) Jock Stevens
(b) Vinson Gowrie
(c) Gavin Stevens
(d) James Buff

3. Why does Charles think Lucas does not talk to him the second time they meet in town?
(a) He is ignorant
(b) His wife has just died
(c) He no longer owes him
(d) He does not like him

4. Who does Charles meet for the first time when he climbs out of the water?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) His father
(c) Lucas Beachamp
(d) Aleck Sander

5. What does Charles consider doing so he does not have to see Lucas lynched?
(a) Locking himself in his room
(b) Killing himself
(c) Leaving town
(d) Killing Lucas

6. Why does the sheriff think the towns people will not lynch during the day?
(a) They can see each others faces
(b) Too many people are around
(c) They have to work
(d) It is too hot

7. Where did Lucas have his gun when they found him standing over the dead man?
(a) On the floor by his feet
(b) In his pocket
(c) In his hand
(d) In the waistband of his pants

8. What does Charles ask if he can take to Lucas?
(a) Tobacco
(b) A pork pie
(c) A coca-cola
(d) A guitar

9. Who does Charles wake up when he gets home?
(a) Lucas
(b) The sheriff
(c) Uncle Gavin
(d) His father

10. Who rides the horse from the truck to the cemetery?
(a) Charles
(b) Gavin
(c) Aleck
(d) Miss Habersham

11. Why can Charles not take the car?
(a) It has no engine
(b) It has no wheels
(c) He cannot drive
(d) His father has the keys

12. When is Charles afraid the the town folk will lynch Lucas?
(a) While he is chained to a bed post
(b) When he is at his court hearing
(c) When he is released on bail
(d) When the sheriff transfers him to his jail

13. What is the Sheriff's surname?
(a) Jackson
(b) Benjimin
(c) Smith
(d) Hampton

14. Who do they find inside the coffin?
(a) Vinson Gowrie
(b) The sheriff
(c) Montgomery
(d) Lucas

15. How do the character know the grave has been disturbed?
(a) There are footprints
(b) The coffin is lying empty next to the grave
(c) The flowers have been disturbed
(d) There are fresh cigarette butts on the ground

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the sheriff bringing to jail?

2. What does Lucas demand Charles does?

3. What was Lucas buying from the shop before the altercation?

4. What does Lucas send to Charles in return for Charles sending his wife a dress?

5. What does the rider have on the horse with him?

(see the answer keys)

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